Springfield Mass, the city where M grew up, hosts a "Bright Lights" celebration, with fabulous Christmas lights set up throughout their massive, rolling Forest Park ... This year, we hit it on a pleasant night with everyone in a fetive mood before anyone got tired and had walkie-talkies to connect the cars so we didn't have to over pack the vehicles ... Here are some hand-held images (1/25 of a second) of the light displays, taken through the windows while driving around in the van -- vehicular departure and a tripod would add a lot, but these captured the essence of the event ...